NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8854A

Senate Bill S8854A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to disability benefits for certain individuals employed by the Nassau county police department

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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Jun 03, 2024	print number 8854a
Jun 03, 2024	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
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2023-S8854 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9645
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§63-j & 607-m, R & SS L

2023-S8854 - Summary

Provides a performance of duty presumption for diseases of the heart for members who serve as an ambulance medical technician, ambulance medical coordinator, ambulance medical technician/supervisor or a member who performs ambulance medical technician related services, or a police medic, police medic coordinator, police medic supervisor, bureau director police emergency ambulance services - county, assistant bureau director police emergency ambulance services - county, or a member who performs police medic or police emergency ambulance related services and is employed in the Nassau county police department.

2023-S8854 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8854

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
disability benefits for certain individuals employed by the Nassau coun-
ty police department

 
PURPOSE:

This bill creates a rebuttable presumption that any heart diseases which
cause health issues for certain individuals employed by the Nassau Coun-
ty Police Department were incurred during the course and discharge of
their duties.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a new Section 63-j of the Retirement and Social

Security Law to provide that any condition of impairment of health
caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in the disability or death to

a member who serves as an ambulance medical technician, ambulance
medical coordinator, ambulance medical technician/supervisor or a member
who performs ambulance medical technician related services, or a police
medic, police medic coordinator, police medic supervisor, bureau direc-
tor police emergency ambulance services - county, assistant bureau
director police emergency ambulance services - county, or a member who
performs police medic or police emergency ambulance related services and
is employed in the Nassau county police department, presently employed
and who shall have sustained such disability while so employed, who
successfully passed a physical examination on entry into service as a
member covered by this section, which examination failed to disclose
evidence of any disease or other impairment of the heart, shall be
presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the performance and
discharge of duty, unless the contrary can be proved by competent
evidence.

Section 2 creates a new Section 63-m of the Retirement and Social Secu-
rity Law to provide that any condition of impairment of health caused by
diseases of the heart, resulting in the disability or death to a member
who serves as an ambulance medical technician, ambulance medical coordi-
nator, ambulance medical technician/supervisor or a member who performs
ambulance medical technician related services, or a police medic, police
medic coordinator, police medic supervisor, bureau director police emer-
gency ambulance services - county, assistant bureau director police
emergency ambulance services - county, or a member who performs police
medic or police emergency ambulance related services and is employed in
the Nassau county police department, presently employed and who shall
have sustained such disability while so employed, who successfully
passed a physical examination on entry into service as a member covered
by this section, which examination failed to disclose evidence of any
disease or other impairment of the heart, shall be presumptive evidence
that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless
the contrary can be proved by competent evidence.

Section 3 provides that none of the provisions of this act shall be
subject to the appropriation requirement of section 25 of the retirement
and social security law.
Section 4 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Nassau County Police Medics serve their community countywide, providing
the highest possible quality in pre-hospital advanced life support emer-
gency medical service care. Though rare, it does happen that Nassau
County Police Medics are rendered seriously and permanently disabled due
to injuries sustained in the line of duty.  While such instances occur
infrequently, they are nonetheless devastating to the Medic involved,
their spouses, and their children.

Police Medics respond to and perform work in varying types of situ-
ations, from the scenes of basic medical assistance calls to truly life-
threatening emergencies. They respond to calls in all types of places
via ambulance. They perform their duties on active highways, at fire
scenes, at the scenes of collapsed buildings, railroad incidents, and
active crime scenes. They also operate as Tactical Medics with the
Nassau County Police Department Bureau of Special Operations. Further,
they sometimes operate as Hazardous Materials Decontamination Techni-
cians.

Though the Medics are well trained, they sometimes encounter the danger-
ous environments described above, as well as dangerous, violent individ-
uals. They are not armed on the job. Their duties as Hazardous Materials
Decontamination Technicians and Tactical Medics are by their nature very
dangerous and can result in serious injury. It should be noted that
Emergency Medical Technicians in the adjacent City of New York have a
75% disability benefit.  This bill will provide appropriate protection
for Nassau County Police Medics and their families in the event of a
serious on-the-job disablement. It will also rectify the imbalance in
protection that currently exists between the Medics and other, similar
first responders.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8854 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8854
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   disability  benefits  for  certain  individuals employed by the Nassau
   county police department
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 63-j to read as follows:
   § 63-J. CERTAIN IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH; PRESUMPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 ANY  CONDITION  OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH CAUSED BY DISEASES OF THE HEART,
 RESULTING IN THE DISABILITY OR DEATH TO A MEMBER WHO SERVES AS AN  AMBU-
 LANCE  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  AMBULANCE  MEDICAL  COORDINATOR,  AMBULANCE
 MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/SUPERVISOR OR A MEMBER WHO PERFORMS AMBULANCE MEDICAL
 TECHNICIAN RELATED SERVICES, OR A POLICE MEDIC, POLICE  MEDIC  COORDINA-
 TOR, POLICE MEDIC SUPERVISOR, BUREAU DIRECTOR POLICE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE
 SERVICES  - COUNTY, ASSISTANT BUREAU DIRECTOR POLICE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE
 SERVICES - COUNTY, OR A MEMBER WHO PERFORMS POLICE MEDIC OR POLICE EMER-
 GENCY AMBULANCE RELATED SERVICES AND IS EMPLOYED IN  THE  NASSAU  COUNTY
 POLICE  DEPARTMENT, PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AND WHO SHALL HAVE SUSTAINED SUCH
 DISABILITY WHILE SO EMPLOYED, WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A  PHYSICAL  EXAM-
 INATION ON ENTRY INTO SERVICE AS A MEMBER COVERED BY THIS SECTION, WHICH
 EXAMINATION  FAILED TO DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF ANY DISEASE OR OTHER IMPAIR-
 MENT OF THE HEART, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN
 THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY CAN BE PROVED
 BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 607-m to read as follows:
   § 607-M. CERTAIN IMPAIRMENT OF  HEALTH;  PRESUMPTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, ANY CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH CAUSED  BY  DISEASES  OF
 THE  HEART,  RESULTING IN THE DISABILITY OR DEATH TO A MEMBER WHO SERVES
 AS AN AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, AMBULANCE MEDICAL COORDINATOR, AMBU-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14101-02-4
 S. 8854                             2
 
 LANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/SUPERVISOR OR A MEMBER WHO  PERFORMS  AMBULANCE
 MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  RELATED  SERVICES,  OR A POLICE MEDIC, POLICE MEDIC
 COORDINATOR, POLICE MEDIC SUPERVISOR, BUREAU DIRECTOR  POLICE  EMERGENCY
 AMBULANCE  SERVICES - COUNTY, ASSISTANT BUREAU DIRECTOR POLICE EMERGENCY
 AMBULANCE SERVICES - COUNTY, OR A MEMBER WHO PERFORMS  POLICE  MEDIC  OR
 POLICE  EMERGENCY  AMBULANCE  RELATED  SERVICES  AND  IS EMPLOYED IN THE
 NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AND WHO  SHALL  HAVE
 SUSTAINED  SUCH  DISABILITY WHILE SO EMPLOYED, WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A
 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION ON ENTRY INTO SERVICE AS A MEMBER COVERED  BY  THIS
 SECTION, WHICH EXAMINATION FAILED TO DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF ANY DISEASE OR
 OTHER IMPAIRMENT OF THE HEART, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS
 INCURRED  IN  THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY
 CAN BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  none
 of  the  provisions  of  this  act shall be subject to the appropriation
 requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow certain members who are employed in  the  Nassau
 County  police  department  who perform police medic or police emergency
 ambulance related services to receive a performance of  duty  disability
 benefit if the member is impaired due to a condition of the heart, which
 shall  be  presumed  to  have  been incurred in the performance of their
 duties, unless the  contrary  be  proven  by  competent  evidence.  Such
 presumption will benefit the members who currently have the 50% of final
 average  salary  benefit  available  pursuant  to  Section  607-j of the
 Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL).
   The provisions of Section 25 of the RSSL shall not apply.
   If this legislation is enacted during the 2024 Legislative Session, it
 would likely lead to more disabilities being classified as "in  perform-
 ance of duty."
   We  anticipate  that  there  will be a total increase of approximately
 $27,000 in the annual contributions of Nassau County for the fiscal year
 ending March 31, 2025. In future years this cost will vary as the  bill-
 ing  rates and salary of the affected members change, but is expected to
 average 0.2% of salary annually.
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an immediate past service cost of approximately $48,200  which  will  be
 shared by the State of New York and the local participating employers in
 the NYSLERS. This estimate assumes that payment will be made on February
 1, 2025.
   Further,  we  anticipate that there could be some administrative costs
 to implement the provisions of this legislation.
   These estimated costs are based on 110 affected  members  employed  by
 Nassau  County,  with  annual  salary of approximately $15 million as of
 March 31, 2023.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   Membership data as of March 31, 2023 was used in measuring the  impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2023 actuari-
 al  valuation.    Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
 2023 Report of the Actuary and the 2023 Annual  Comprehensive  Financial
 Report.
   The  actuarial  assumptions and methods used are described in the 2023
 Annual Report to the  Comptroller  on  Actuarial  Assumptions,  and  the
 Codes,  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  State  of  New York: Audit and
 Control.
 S. 8854                             3
 
   The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2023
 New York State and Local  Retirement  System  Financial  Statements  and
 Supplementary Information.
   I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
 fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
   This  fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
 of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a  substitute  for
 the professional judgment of an attorney.
   This  estimate, dated March 19, 2024, and intended for use only during
 the 2024 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2024-103,  prepared  by
 the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.

2023-S8854A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9645
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§63-j & 607-m, R & SS L

2023-S8854A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8854A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8854A

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
disability benefits for certain individuals employed by the Nassau coun-
ty police department

 
PURPOSE:

This bill creates a rebuttable presumption that any heart diseases which
cause health issues for certain individuals employed by the Nassau Coun-
ty Police Department were incurred during the course and discharge of
their duties.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a new Section 63-j of the Retirement and Social

Security Law to provide that any condition of impairment of health
caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in the disability or death to

a member who serves as an ambulance medical technician, ambulance
medical coordinator, ambulance medical technician/supervisor or a member
who performs ambulance medical technician related services, or a police
medic, police medic coordinator, police medic supervisor, bureau direc-
tor police emergency ambulance services - county, assistant bureau
director police emergency ambulance services - county, or a member who
performs police medic or police emergency ambulance related services and
is employed in the Nassau county police department, presently employed
and who shall have sustained such disability while so employed, who
successfully passed a physical examination on entry into service as a
member covered by this section, which examination failed to disclose
evidence of any disease or other impairment of the heart, shall be
presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the performance and
discharge of duty, unless the contrary can be proved by competent
evidence.

Section 2 creates a new Section 63-m of the Retirement and Social Secu-
rity Law to provide that any condition of impairment of health caused by
diseases of the heart, resulting in the disability or death to a member
who serves as an ambulance medical technician, ambulance medical coordi-
nator, ambulance medical technician/supervisor or a member who performs
ambulance medical technician related services, or a police medic, police
medic coordinator, police medic supervisor, bureau director police emer-
gency ambulance services - county, assistant bureau director police
emergency ambulance services - county, or a member who performs police
medic or police emergency ambulance related services and is employed in
the Nassau county police department, presently employed and who shall
have sustained such disability while so employed, who successfully
passed a physical examination on entry into service as a member covered
by this section, which examination failed to disclose evidence of any
disease or other impairment of the heart, shall be presumptive evidence
that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless
the contrary can be proved by competent evidence.

Section 3 provides that none of the provisions of this act shall be
subject to the appropriation requirement of section 25 of the retirement
and social security law.
Section 4 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Nassau County Police Medics serve their community countywide, providing
the highest possible quality in pre-hospital advanced life support emer-
gency medical service care. Though rare, it does happen that Nassau
County Police Medics are rendered seriously and permanently disabled due
to injuries sustained in the line of duty.  While such instances occur
infrequently, they are nonetheless devastating to the Medic involved,
their spouses, and their children.

Police Medics respond to and perform work in varying types of situ-
ations, from the scenes of basic medical assistance calls to truly life-
threatening emergencies. They respond to calls in all types of places
via ambulance. They perform their duties on active highways, at fire
scenes, at the scenes of collapsed buildings, railroad incidents, and
active crime scenes. They also operate as Tactical Medics with the
Nassau County Police Department Bureau of Special Operations. Further,
they sometimes operate as Hazardous Materials Decontamination Techni-
cians.

Though the Medics are well trained, they sometimes encounter the danger-
ous environments described above, as well as dangerous, violent individ-
uals. They are not armed on the job. Their duties as Hazardous Materials
Decontamination Technicians and Tactical Medics are by their nature very
dangerous and can result in serious injury. It should be noted that
Emergency Medical Technicians in the adjacent City of New York have a
75% disability benefit. This bill will provide appropriate protection
for Nassau County Police Medics and their families in the event of a
serious on-the-job disablement. It will also rectify the imbalance in
protection that currently exists between the Medics and other, similar
first responders.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8854A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8854--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   disability benefits for certain individuals  employed  by  the  Nassau
   county police department
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 63-j to read as follows:
   § 63-J. CERTAIN IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH; PRESUMPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 ANY CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH CAUSED BY DISEASES OF  THE  HEART,
 RESULTING  IN THE DISABILITY OR DEATH TO A MEMBER WHO SERVES AS AN AMBU-
 LANCE  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  AMBULANCE  MEDICAL  COORDINATOR,  AMBULANCE
 MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/SUPERVISOR OR A MEMBER WHO PERFORMS AMBULANCE MEDICAL
 TECHNICIAN  RELATED  SERVICES, OR A POLICE MEDIC, POLICE MEDIC COORDINA-
 TOR, POLICE MEDIC SUPERVISOR, BUREAU DIRECTOR POLICE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE
 SERVICES - COUNTY, ASSISTANT BUREAU DIRECTOR POLICE EMERGENCY  AMBULANCE
 SERVICES - COUNTY, OR A MEMBER WHO PERFORMS POLICE MEDIC OR POLICE EMER-
 GENCY  AMBULANCE  RELATED  SERVICES AND IS EMPLOYED IN THE NASSAU COUNTY
 POLICE DEPARTMENT, PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AND WHO SHALL HAVE SUSTAINED  SUCH
 DISABILITY  WHILE  SO EMPLOYED, WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A PHYSICAL EXAM-
 INATION ON ENTRY INTO SERVICE AS A MEMBER COVERED BY THIS SECTION, WHICH
 EXAMINATION FAILED TO DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF ANY DISEASE OR OTHER  IMPAIR-
 MENT OF THE HEART, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN
 THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY CAN BE PROVED
 BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 607-m to read as follows:
   §  607-M.  CERTAIN  IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH; PRESUMPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY  GENERAL  OR  SPECIAL  LAW  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  ANY  CONDITION  OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH CAUSED BY DISEASES OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14101-05-4
 S. 8854--A                          2
 
 THE HEART, RESULTING IN THE DISABILITY OR DEATH TO A MEMBER  WHO  SERVES
 AS AN AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, AMBULANCE MEDICAL COORDINATOR, AMBU-
 LANCE  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN/SUPERVISOR OR A MEMBER WHO PERFORMS AMBULANCE
 MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  RELATED  SERVICES,  OR A POLICE MEDIC, POLICE MEDIC
 COORDINATOR, POLICE MEDIC SUPERVISOR, BUREAU DIRECTOR  POLICE  EMERGENCY
 AMBULANCE  SERVICES - COUNTY, ASSISTANT BUREAU DIRECTOR POLICE EMERGENCY
 AMBULANCE SERVICES - COUNTY, OR A MEMBER WHO PERFORMS  POLICE  MEDIC  OR
 POLICE  EMERGENCY  AMBULANCE  RELATED  SERVICES  AND  IS EMPLOYED IN THE
 NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AND WHO  SHALL  HAVE
 SUSTAINED  SUCH  DISABILITY WHILE SO EMPLOYED, WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A
 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION ON ENTRY INTO SERVICE AS A MEMBER COVERED  BY  THIS
 SECTION, WHICH EXAMINATION FAILED TO DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF ANY DISEASE OR
 OTHER IMPAIRMENT OF THE HEART, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS
 INCURRED  IN  THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY
 CAN BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  none
 of  the  provisions  of  this  act shall be subject to the appropriation
 requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
   § 4. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
 shall be borne by Nassau county.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow certain members who are employed in  the  Nassau
 County  police  department  who perform police medic or police emergency
 ambulance related services to receive a performance of  duty  disability
 benefit if the member is impaired due to a condition of the heart, which
 shall  be  presumed  to  have  been incurred in the performance of their
 duties, unless the  contrary  be  proven  by  competent  evidence.  Such
 presumption will benefit the members who currently have the 50% of final
 average  salary  benefit  available  pursuant  to  Section  607-j of the
 Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL).
   If this legislation is enacted during the 2024 Legislative Session, it
 would likely lead to more disabilities being classified as "in  perform-
 ance of duty."
   We  anticipate  that  there  will be a total increase of approximately
 $27,000 in the annual contributions of Nassau County for the fiscal year
 ending March 31, 2025. In future years this cost will vary as the  bill-
 ing  rates and salary of the affected members change, but is expected to
 average 0.2% of salary annually.
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an immediate past service cost of approximately $48,200  which  will  be
 borne  by Nassau County. This estimate assumes that payment will be made
 on February 1, 2025.
   Further, we anticipate that there could be some  administrative  costs
 to implement the provisions of this legislation.
   These  estimated  costs  are based on 110 affected members employed by
 Nassau County, with annual salary of approximately  $15  million  as  of
 March 31, 2023.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   Membership  data as of March 31, 2023 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2023 actuari-
 al valuation.  Distributions and other statistics can be  found  in  the
 2023  Report  of the Actuary and the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial
 Report.
   The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in  the  2023
 Annual  Report  to  the  Comptroller  on  Actuarial Assumptions, and the
 S. 8854--A                          3
 
 Codes, Rules and Regulations  of  the  State  of  New  York:  Audit  and
 Control.
   The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2023
 New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement System Financial Statements and
 Supplementary Information.
   I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
 fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
   This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the  viability
 of  the  proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
 the professional judgment of an attorney.
   This estimate, dated May 23, 2024, and intended for  use  only  during
 the  2024  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2024-193, prepared by
 the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.

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